115th Connecticut Amateur
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Tashua Knolls to Host 2017 Connecticut Amateur
T
he CSGA is proud to announce
that Tashua Knolls Golf Course
in Trumbull, Connecticut
has been selected as the host
site for the 2017 Connecticut Amateur
Championship.
Scheduled for June 19 – 23, the
2017 Connecticut Amateur Championship
will mark the third CSGA championship
contested at Tashua Knolls Golf Course.
The club has previously hosted the 2001
Connecticut Public Links Championship
and the 2011 Father & Son Championship,
in addition to numerous CSGA and USGA
qualifiers.
“The Connecticut Amateur is
the CSGA’s oldest and most prestigious
Championship and it has been a priority for
us over the past few years to showcase the
state's top talent at a public golf course,”
said Ryan Hoffman, Director of Operations,
Rules and Competitions for the CSGA.
“With the state of Connecticut having more
public golf courses than private we wanted
to reinforce that some of the best golf in
Connecticut can in fact be played at a public
course.”
Founded in 1976, Tashua Knolls
Golf Course celebrated its fortieth
anniversary this past year. The original
18-hole layout designed by Al Zikorus
measures 6,540 yards and a par of 72 from
the championship tees. True to Zikorus’ style
of architecture, the course features winding
and undulating fairways matched with a
difficult set of contoured greens that will
prove challenging for the competitors.
“It’s truly an honor to be selected
by the CSGA to host the Connecticut
Amateur,” said Bobby Brown, Director of
Golf at Tashua Knolls Golf Course. “The
town of Trumbull and the Golf Commission
are very excited and take the responsibility of
hosting the state’s top amateur competition
very seriously. We pride ourselves on offering
the very best in daily fee golf and the
Connecticut Amateur will be a culmination
of years of hard work by the town and staff.”
The closing stretch at Tashua Knolls
Golf Course will no doubt provide plenty of
excitement and risk-reward opportunities.
The drivable par-4 13th hole measures just
303 yards, and a pair of reachable par-5’s in
the 14th hole (506 yards) and 16th hole (527
yards) will provide ample opportunities to
make up ground. The current course record
is six under-par 66, held by Chris Lenzen
(2008) and Craig Platt (1991) - Platt’s round
of 66 included six birdies in a row from #1217.
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